Heartbroken to learn of the death of Stewart Baker last Thursday. Perhaps the foremost cyber lawyer in our country, certainly the funniest. Totally righteous and unfiltered. A loss for all of us.

Break up the Nationals!

I have published a piece on Trump's bargaining strategy, linking his approach to tariffs to his path to the present war against Iran, on Notes from the Miller Center, with a follow up on Substack. See uvamillercenter.substack.com… and paulstephan.substack.com/p/i…

I have two pieces of good news concerning the Low & Jeffries federal courts casebook, for which Tara Grove and I are currently lead authors: First, we have a new edition about to come out (pictured)! Second, the wonderful Trevor Morrison will be joining us as a co-author going forward, starting with the upcoming summer supplement. I’ve had the pleasure of writing with Trevor before, and I look forward to this new collaboration. @TaraLeighGrove1

The great folks at Lawfare have published my views on the implications of Learning Resources, the tariffs case. More later on my substack. lawfaremedia.org/article/lea…

.@pbstephan3 breaks down the Supreme Court's opinion overturning President Trump's attempt to use emergency powers to levy tariffs and the other powers still available to the president to impose tariffs.

Jimi Hendrix @ Washington Hilton, 1967; Buddy Guy and Junior Wells @ Davenport College Dining Hall, 1971; Duke Ellington @ Woolsey Hall, 1970

Andrew Kent and I have a blog post on Quorum Call, the blog of the Harvard Law School Journal of Legislation, about the tariffs case being argued tomorrow. You can find it here: journals.law.harvard.edu/jol…

More on Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the tariffs case: paulstephan.substack.com/p/m…

A substack post about the brief Andrew Kent and I submitted in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, the tariffs case: paulstephan.substack.com/p/a…

The amici brief of Professors of US Foreign Relations Law in Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, has been filed and can be downloaded at supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/2… I am happy to serve as counsel of record, but Andrew Kent did a terrific job in helping to put this together. Hope it helps the Court reach the right outcome.

My piece on the Trump tariffs litigation in the Supreme Court has just dropped: lawfaremedia.org/article/iee… Headline: The administration does not have the legal basis it claims to impose these tariffs.

A seized Russian yacht up for auction is a “floating lawsuit” but could still find a buyer, says Prof. @pbstephan3 ’77. @MetroUK metro.co.uk/2025/09/08/russi…

The NY Times quotes me about yacht-based sanctions: nytimes.com/2025/08/14/world… TLDR: These kinds of sanctions cause pain to the adversary but probably won't generate a lot of money for those we support.

The Board of Visitors has selected Prof. Paul G. Mahoney, a former #UVALaw dean, to serve as interim president of @UVA. law.virginia.edu/news/202508…

My keynote address for the Chicago Journal of International Law's symposium is now in print: cjil.uchicago.edu/ In addition, the Research Agenda for Global Power Shifts and International Economic Law, edited by Joel Slawtowsky, is now out: e-elgar.com/shop/usd/a-resea…

A new, and I hope last, post on the Devas decision. This one looks at whether suits seeking to confirm an arbitral award based on the New York Convention must satisfy a subject matter jurisdiction requirement. paulstephan.substack.com/p/d…

Farewell to Shenzhen and my wonderful students at Peking University School of Transnational Law.

My take on the Supreme Court's Devas opinion has appeared on Transnational Litigation Blog: tlblog.org/three-questions-f… I have additional thoughts on my substack: paulstephan.substack.com/p/m… Please subscribe! It's free (and perhaps still overpriced).